“As stated in a news media advisory issued by K-9 SOS on Saturday, March 11, the Oak Ridge Police Department assisted with traffic control on Friday evening and Saturday morning during searches for the small quantity of explosives reported as missing on Friday evening,” the city of Oak Ridge stated Wednesday. “No items were found during those searches and no items have been turned into the Police Department.”

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“As stated in a news media advisory issued by K-9 SOS on Saturday, March 11, the Oak Ridge Police Department assisted with traffic control on Friday evening and Saturday morning during searches for the small quantity of explosives reported as missing on Friday evening,” the city of Oak Ridge stated Wednesday. “No items were found during those searches and no items have been turned into the Police Department.”

The initial email being referred to by the city — but actually sent out only by K-9 Search On Site, a limited liability canine search company — stated that “a small quantity of explosives” used for training purposes had been reported missing in the city of Oak Ridge.

The substance, contained in a small cotton bag, “is believed to have been lost during transportation in the vicinity of Scarboro Road between Bethel Valley and Illinois Avenue,” according to the K-9 SOS release — which added that “the ORPD and other federal authorities were notified Friday evening and searches are under way.”

The public has been encouraged to contact the Police Department at (865) 425-3605 or 425-4399 if a “suspicious object” is found in this area.

Residents are warned not to handle the training substance, “but to promptly report its discovery to the Oak Ridge Police Department.”

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